NEWS & EVENTS
BOOKING EVENTS NOW!
Stay tuned as my schedule updates
Ticketed Events mean that you should reserve your spot before the event! (If you want a seat & the book.)
You may Pre-Order books from any of these wonderful bookstores & venues!
JUNE 2025
DPL's 2025 Readers & Writers Jubilee
Sat., June 14, 11am-4pm, Decatur, AL
ThrillerFest 2025
Wed., June 18-22, Fri., New York, New York, New York Hilton Midtown, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
June 20, 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm Conference Panelist: UNPREDICTABLE, UNASSUMING OR UNEXPECTED? Types of Antagonists
Signing: 5:40 pm - 6:00 pm
JULY 2025
Ticketed Event: Launch Event Snail on the Wall Bookstore
Tues., July 1, 6:00 pm, 816 Wellman Avenue, Huntsville, AL 35801
Link: https://snailonthewall.com/event/2025-07-01/book-launch-daco-auffenorde-medici-curse or CLICK HERE to save your spot.
Ticketed Event: The Haunted Bookshop
Thurs., July 3, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, , 9 S. Joachim St., Mobile, AL 36602
Link: https://www.thehauntedbookshopmobile.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.
Signing at Page & Palette Bookstore
Sat., July 5, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, 32 South Section Street, Fairhope, AL, 36532
Link: https://www.pageandpalette.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.
Authors on the Air Podcast with James L'Etoile, CrimeWriter
Fri., July 11, 12:00-1:00 CST, Link coming soon.
Event at Blue Apple Books
Sat., July 12, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, , 14 Main Street, Suite B&C, Madison, AL
Link: https://shopsouthandpine.com/products/the-medici-curse-by-daco-auffenorde or CLICK HERE to save your spot.
Ticketed Event: Page Pairing Event at Auburn Oil Co. Booksellers
Thurs., July 17, 7:30 pm, 149 E. Magnolia Ave., Suite A, Auburn, AL
Link: https://auburnoilbooksellers.com/ or CLICK HERE to get your admission ticket.
Author Event Downtown Huntsville Public Library
Fri., July 21, 6:00 pm, 915 Monroe St., Huntsville, AL 35801
Ticketed Event: Court Street Books
Tues., July 22, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm, 610 S Court Street, Florence, Alabama 3563
Link: https://www.courtstreetbooks.com/ or CLICK HERE to save your spot.
Author Event/Book Signing at The Wine Cellar
Wed., July 23, 6:00 pm, 2304 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801
Thrills and Kills Event sponsored by Sweet Home Books
Sat., July 26, 2025, 107 E Bridge St, Wetumpka, AL 36092 (RESCHEDULED, date coming soon.)
Link to event: Coming Soon. Store link: CLICK HERE to pre-order!
AUGUST 2025
Author Book Signing at Harrison Brothers Hardware
124 South Side Square, Huntsville, AL 35801
Date and Time coming soon!
The Pear Tree Shop
Fri., August 8, Book Club Zoom, East Liverpool, OH
Link coming soon.
Online Mystery/Thriller Panel with Lee Brukowski
Thurs., Aug 28, 2025, 1:00 pm EST, Panelist: Daco Auffenorde, Isabella Maldonado, Mailan Doquang, Kiara Rouda, Elise Hart Kipness, Link: Steamyard - Link coming soon.
SEPTEMBER 2025
Bouchercon Conference
Wed.-Sun, Sept. 3-7
Panelist, Marriott Hotel, 555 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA
Link: https://www.bouchercon2025.com/ or CLICK HERE for more details.
Event with Oxford Books for Thacker Mountain Radio Hour
Thurs, Sept. 18, 6pm CT, The Powerhouse, 413 S 14th Street, Oxford, MS 38655
Link: https://squarebooks.com/event/2025-09-18/daco-auffenorde-medici-curse or CLICK HERE for details.
NOVEMBER 2025
Louisiana Book Festival
Sat., Nov. 1, 2025, State Library of Louisiana, 701 North 4th Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Link: https://www.louisianabookfestival.org/ or CLICK HERE for more details.
NEWS & ARTICLES
Alabama Writers Forum on The Medici Curse by Edward Journey, a retired university professor and theatre professional, July 1, 2025, https://writersforum.org/the-medici-curse/
"What Is That Book About," ITW, Spotlight: The Medici Curse by Daco S. Auffenorde, June 30, 2025, https://www.whatisthatbookabout.com/promos/2025/6/3/spotlight-the-medici-curse-by-daco-s-auffenorde
"Five New Books Coming Out This Week," CrimeReads, June 30, 2025, https://crimereads.com/5-new-books-coming-out-this-week-june-30-2025/
Claire Considers: The Medici Curse, Well Read Magazine, July 1 2025, https://wellreadmagazine.com/
"The Medici Curse" by Daco S. Auffenorde," reviewed by Donna Meredith, Southern Literary Review, July 1, 2025, https://southernlitreview.com/reviews/the-medici-curse-by-daco-s-auffenorde.htm
"How Modern Research and Fiction Illuminate Family Legacy," Booktrib., July 1, 2025, https://booktrib.com/2025/07/01/how-modern-research-and-fiction-illuminate-family-legacy/
"The Haunting Influence of Setting, and An Old Villa in Tuscany, Daco S. Auffenorde on the silent puppeteer of gothic fiction," CrimeReads, July 1, 2025, https://crimereads.com/the-haunting-influence-of-setting-and-an-old-villa-in-tuscany/
Novels Alive on The Medici Curse by Amy Wilson, https://novelsalive.com/2025/07/01/4-5-star-review-the-medici-curse-by-daco-s-auffenorde/
"Claire Matturro interviews Daco S. Auffenorde, author of "The Medici Curse," Southern Literary Review, July 2, 2025, https://southernlitreview.com/authors/claire-matturro-interviews-daco-s-auffenorde-author-of-the-medici-curse.htm
Gothic Thriller and Crime Fiction: Blending the Dark and the Dangerous," Novel Suspects, July 2025, https://www.novelsuspects.com/author-essay/gothic-thriller-and-crime-fiction-blending-the-dark-and-the-dangerous/
The Intrigue of Family Curses: How Supernatural Elements Elevate Crime Fiction," Writers Digest, July 3, 2025, https://www.writersdigest.com/the-intrigue-of-family-curses-how-supernatural-elements-elevate-crime-fiction
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"'Cover Your Tracks' by Daco Auffenorde," NPR, Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra, December 10, 2021 and encore performance on September 8, 2023, https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/show/readers-corner/2021-12-17/cover-your-tracks-by-daco-auffenorde
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"Haunted by a Past She Can't Recall," by Rebecca Fields, ITW's The Big Thrill, Up Close, August 31, 2022, https://www.thebigthrill.org/2022/08/up-close-daco-s-auffenorde/
"The Anatomy of a Thriller," The Strand Magazine, April 28, 2022, https://strandmag.com/the-anatomy-of-a-thriller/
"Daco S. Auffenorde's Star is Rising After Breakout Thriller "Cover Your Tracks,"" by Judy Moreno, BookTrib, February 7, 2022
BookTrib's Book Club Network, February 2022 Selections
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"Episode 111 - Next Lawyer Up with Ron Sykstus featuring Daco Auffenorde," with Ron Sykstus, June 28, 2021, https://www.bondnbotes.com/podcast/episode-111-next-lawyer-ron-sykstus-featuring-daco-auffenorde
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Manhattan Book Review on Cover Your Tracks, October 2020, https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/cover-your-tracks-a-novel/
Publishers Weekly on Cover Your Tracks, October 2020, https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781684425501
Interview with Hasty Book List, October 21, 2020, https://www.hastybooklist.com/blog/author-interview-daco-s-auffenorde
Suspense Magazine, Best of 2020, Winter 2020, award and interview, https://suspensemagazine.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Suspense-Magazine-Winter-2020.pdf
"Love, Hate, and the Devastating Power of Nature," ITW's The Big Thrill, Up Close, October 31, 2020, https://www.thebigthrill.org/2020/10/up-close-daco-auffenorde/
"The Dark Legacy of American's Deadliest Train Wreck," CrimeReads, October 21, 2020, https://crimereads.com/the-dark-legacy-of-americas-deadliest-train-wreck/
Books Series in Order, Daco S. Auffenorde Books in Order, https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/daco-s-auffenorde/
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"Rolling. Speed. Action. Cut! ... Darn, Take Two! Rewriting and the Zen of Film," Killer Nashville Blog, November 19, 2014
"Romancing the Attorney," by Daco, USA Today, April 23, 2014
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"ePublishers and Agents: Do I go it alone?" by Daco, June Quarterly, The Florida Writer, 2013
ITW, Thriller Roundtable discussion: "Is epublishing changing the world of thrillers? And, if so, how?" Monday-Sunday, June 17-23, 2013
"BAKE A PIE, MAKE A SETTING: the right ingredients make a delectable story," by Daco, Just Romantic Suspense, Sunday/Monday, May 19-20, 2013
"CREATING A SUCCESSFUL SETTING IS A LOT LIKE BAKING A CAKE: the right ingredients make a delectable story, the wrong ones may cause the story to fail," by Daco, Robyn Neeley's Batter up! Talking Setting with Daco, May 13, 2013
Guest on StarTalk with Neil Degrasse Tyson, April 20-21, 2013
"What's new in suspense and inspirational romance," by Joyce Lamb of USA Today listed The Libra Affair in April 10, 2013 column
"What's in a code?" by Daco, Just Romantic Suspense, April 7, 2013
"What's in a name?" by Daco, Romance at Random R@R, April 6, 2013
"Character Development: Conceiving Jordan Jakes," by Daco, Editors Blog Spot for Crimson Romance, April 1, 2013